Remote controlled power strip?

Or something along those lines... what do people do to add remote on/off capability to devices that don't have remote controls? I need this for my BFD and sub amp. Right now they're on a separate power strip that I turn on/off when I need it. Should I be looking at X-10? I looked at their website a long time ago, but it wasn't clear what exactly I needed.

I Know some of the Monster Power and Belkin units can do this. I have an old Monster Power Conditioner(HTS-2500 I think), and it has switched outlets that turn on when given a signal from another component. On mine the switched outlets can be triggered by a 120v signal or a 12vdc signal, so I use the switched outlet on the back of my receiver which I am using as a pre/pro to provide the 120v signal to turn on the switched outlets on the conditioner.

So to try to clarify, I have my receiver plugged into a nonswitched outlet on the conditioner, and my power amp plugged into a switched outlet on the conditioner. When I turn my rx on, the outlet on the back of the rx provides a signal to the conditioner to turn on the switched outlets, which then powers the amp. The outlet on the back of the rx is just triggering a relay. I think I made that clear as mud.

Hmm... I don't think my power strip does that, but it's something to look into. Thanks. Right now I have my stereo components on the switched outlets of the power strip, so turning the strip on turns on all the amps/crossovers/etc. of the stereo. The HT stuff (currently just a receiver and the Xbox) are on unswitched outlets, which is fine, since they have remote turn-on. That leaves the sub. But yeah, if I use a power strip that can do this, I could re-arrange things to work.

The problem with that Shane is you are potentially current limited off of those outlets. Also I have not seen many receivers with an earth ground, they mainly use just a two prong plug, which can also limit what you are able to plug in. For things like a tuner or a DAC, that is a good option however.

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Don't forget about power up sequence. If you power up the BFD when the sub amp has power (or even at the same time I believe) you'll get that lovely BFD thump.

I'm in the same boat now that I've got an Behringer EP2500 powering my subs. Buddy put together what the others are talking about for the power strip with about $15 in parts. I don't have the full picture in my head yet but he's built one. Just requires some basic wiring with a few relays. I'll post something after I get it done. But that might not be until mid July.

I plan to just leave the BFD powered all the time. It's current draw is supposed to be tiny. If what Behringer told me is true though, the EP2500 will draw 1 amp when just sitting there on. So that would work out to roughly $100 a year if I left it on all the time. The AVA250 plate amp I had before though according to Dan Wiggins would only draw about $10 a year when left on sitting doing nothing.

My dad bought a unit from the tool dept. at Sears that could potentially work. He used it to automatically turn on his big dust collector whenever he turned on his table saw. I'm not sure exactly what it's called and I can't seem to find it online right now, but I'll keep looking.